10/10/2024
Marie Nemes-Crawford, Editor
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- Presiding: President Heidi White
- Prayer: Gary Montgomery
- Piano: Ellery Elick
- Song Leader: Star Spangled Banner v3; Pumpkin Show Song
- Attendees: Spangler, Poling, Foster, Maroscher, D.Wolfe, Beavers, McCrady, McNemar, Riegel, Radcliff, Crawford, Nemes-Crawford, B.Tootle, Elick, Wilson, G.Montgomery, S.Montgomery, Duvall, Horning, Brown, Ankrom, Hooks, Lambert, Droste, C.Neff, Fountain, D.Webb, C.Chamberlain, T.Chamberlain, Colburn, I.Webb, Rawlins, Reeves
- Guests: Ty introduced Larry Logan who would like to be a member!
School visit: Pickaway Ross students visited: Colton taking robotics classes; Abby is taking video design classes
New Member: Suzan Reeves – Elite Construction Design Mgmt. is corporate member, so if Suzan cannot make a meeting, another team member will and she brought along husband Tim!
Announcements:
- PUMPKIN SHOW SCHEDULE – Booth sign-up – Please contact Rob Radcliff! We still have openings.
- Jim Hooks is in charge of the Big Wheel Race, Thursday, Oct. 17th. 12:30pm meet time at the race track on Pinckney St. or meet at Jim’s Edward Jones office prior
- Wreaths Across America – $17/wreath. See Gary Montgomery.
- Soup Kitchen thank you! Rob, Daryl, David, Bob Sneed, Bob McCrady, Tom Duvall
- Golf outing might be spring
- Nov. 7th – Pickaway Ross After Hours
- Disaster Relief USA – pass-the-hat for Hurricane Relief – $2823!!!
SAA: Dave Horning
- World space week
- First person to travel in space – Yuri Gagarin
- First person to orbit the earth – Yuri Gagarin
- North Star is important – what is synonym? Polaris
- First American women to travel in space? Sally Ride
Scholarship Drawing: Warren Spangler won the weekly drawing for $15. Big Bean is $251, and continues to grow!
Program: Kim Harris – owner of Seniors Helping Seniors (member of Lancaster Rotary Club)
- Live independently at home for seniors
- National Franchise – over 45 states. Kim bought most of the Columbus area in 2021
- Nationally, 59 million people of 65 years of age
- 2020-2060, those over 65 will have doubled and those over 80 will triple
- Still more people under 18 than 65, 2034 expected to have more 65 year olds
- 70% chance those 65 yrs and older will need some level of care
- Hire active seniors who can help with in home chores, transportation (.67 cents per mile if in the care giver’s car), escort into dr appointments, yard work, reminder of medication
- Private pay agency – long term care policies might cover this service
- VA preferred provider – no cost or paperwork for veteran
- Pickaway, Fairfield counties
- 24 hour non-medical care
- All care-givers are W2 paid employees
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In appreciation for the speaker today, a donation will be made to Anne’s Smiles of Ashville